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To: Dayuhan who wrote (85995)11/14/2004 2:07:42 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) of 793846
 
Steven, Iraqi and Iranian Shiite clergy are mostly competitors. This won't necessarily be the case:

but once the Iraqi election is done, the Iranians will have as much influence on the Constitutional process as we do, and maybe more.

Historically, the leading Shiite centres have been in Iraq. Their importance was downgraded during the Hussein era and many clergy fled to Iran. But they never were Khomeneists. Sistani's relation with Iranian Komeneist mullahs is very prickly and his relation with their Hizbollah creatures even more so.

I'm not saying the Iranians won't have any influence but they're going to have to fight tooth and nail for it.
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